Market Corner: Flag of Sovereign Military Order of Malta - bundle of 10 postcards

15x10 cm

250gr/sqm cardboard

You receive pack of 10 thin cardboard postcards - glossy plastified - good condition

Official:

English: The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

Italian: Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme di Rodi e di Malta (SMOM)

Latin: Supremus Militaris Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodiensis et Melitensis

SMOM claims continuity with the Knights Hospitaller, a chivalric order that was founded c. 1099 by the Blessed Gerard in medieval Jerusalem. In terms of international law, it is an establishment of the 19th century, recognized at the Congress of Verona of 1822, and since 1834 headquartered in Palazzo Malta in Rome. The order is led by an elected Prince and Grand Master. Its motto is Tuitio fidei et obsequium pauperum ('defence of the faith and assistance to the poor'). The order venerates the Virgin Mary as its patroness, under the title of Our Lady of Mount Philermos.